What the $550m Powerball jackpot will buy you

The lump sum payment from the $550 million Powerball jackpot is $360.2 million. That’s a lot of money and we have plenty of ideas to help you splurge with your new largesse. The calculations are based on the lump sum payment.
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2 Red Sox season tickets for more than 3,750 years

And those aren’t just any season tickets. They’re seats right behind home plate that cost as much as $48,000 per year for one seat at current prices. Let’s hope the Red Sox are as lucky as you are in the lottery department in future seasons.
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Open 1,438 Dunkin’ Donuts franchises

Dreams do come true! You need $250,000 in liquid assets and a net worth of $500,000 to open a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise, according to the company’s franchising website. With your new found riches, you’ll be opening franchises before you can say, “Time to make the doughnuts.”
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Pay for 6,620 years at Harvard University

That figure is based on the $54,496 undergraduate tuition price for this year. Now all you have to do is study hard to get the grades to earn admittance. But you were smart enough to buy a winning Powerball ticket so that’s a good start.
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A premium BSO subscription 126,000 times over

You’re new money, so you’ll never be a Boston Brahmin. Don’t despair. You can still listen to the music they adore in the concert hall they revere. The Boston Symphony Orchestra calls its “ultimate” subscription the “Saturday-25,” saying it’s for serious orchestral music aficionados in Boston. It includes 25 Saturday evenings at the symphony and the top ticket price is $2,850 per seat for the season.
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The house has a pitching/batting cage as well as a heated pool with a waterfall, and a putting green. There’s also a wine room, a hot tub, and a dog grooming area, not to mention a home theater and a wet bar. Plus, it’s also the former home of ex-New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
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Pay off the $75m loan guarantee R.I. gave to 38 Studios

Speaking of Curt Schilling, his failed video game company 38 Studios sure left Rhode Island holding the bag by going bankrupt. The smallest state in the nation has a 10.4 percent unemployment rate, and now it’s on the hook for the $75 million loan guarantee it gave Schilling’s company in 2010. So why don’t you help out our neighbor to the south and foot the bill. You’ll still have more than $285.2 million left over.
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A replica of Newton North High School

You remember Newton North High School? Well, if you’re a taxpayer in Newton you certainly do. The price tag for the project infamously grew from $141 million to $195 million. It became the most expensive high school in the state when it opened two years ago. Now that you’re a Powerball winner, you can have a Newton North High School of your very own.
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Ray Allen’s home 69 times over

We get it. Curt’s Schilling’s Medfield is a little too far from Boston for your tastes. It’s a good think so many athletes have recently bolted, leaving a trail of multi-million homes in their wake. Among them is the former homestead of ex-Boston Celtic Ray Allen, who lived in Wellesley before he took off to join the Miami Heat. His home can be your home now that you have more than enough to cover the $5.2 million asking price.
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Pay off the MBTA’s projected $130m deficit

You wear your wealth well and you’re altruistic. So altruistic that you pay off the T’s projected deficit for the incoming year as act of generosity to the masses that used to join you on the Green Line every day. Now, $130 million is chump change to you. Even after paying off the projected deficit you still have more than $230 million to burn.
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More than 123 years in the presidential suite at the Four Seasons Hotel

It costs $8,000 per night to stay in the presidential suite at the Four Seasons. But that won’t be a problem for you because you’re now a millionaire a million times over.

If you stay in the presidential suite, make sure to take a seat at the baby grand piano. Musical legends Elton John, Whitney Houston, and Billy Joel have all played it.
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Carl Crawford’s home 124 times over

Former Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford didn’t quite work out in Boston, but he sure did leave behind a nice house. And now, the 7,000-square-foot house with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a game room could be yours.
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Pay for the N.E. Aquarium’s $42.5m expansion and renovation

One way to guarantee that a building will be named for you is by paying for it. That opportunity could be yours with the New England Aquarium which is in the final stages of a expansion and renovation project. Your winnings would help you cover the cost eight times over and the whole ocean would owe you a debt of gratitude.
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That includes two tickets with the best seat in the Opera House to see the company’s new production of “The Nutcracker.” The popular holiday ballet is not included in normal subscription packages.
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More than 3,300 sets of the ‘12 Days of Christmas’ gifts

It’s a good thing that this jackpot is being drawn so close to Christmas because now you’ll be able to purchase the “12 Day of Christmas” gifts for 3,000 of your closest pals. The items, including the seven swans, cost $107,300 this year, according to the so-called Christmas Price Index that PNC Wealth Management updates annually.
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51,457 cross-country round trips on BlackJet

Goodbye, Zipcar. Hello, BlackJet. You’re a millionaire now, so it’s time to start traveling like one. The private jet sharing service BlackJet will get you started with that. The company offers cross-country flights for $3,500 per seat.
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$1m watches from the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog

The top-priced item on this year’s Nieman Marcus gift catalog is a set of ‘‘his and hers’’ watches from Van Cleef & Arpels paired with a trip to Geneva and Paris. You can buy that easily and throw in the $354,000 2013 McLaren 12C spider sports car that’s pictured.
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